books: blindness & seeing

these books are written with such sophistication and clarity of thought, depicting chaos and confusion, disasters both physical, psychological and political, that draws you into specific details and small nuances which paint an entire canvas of the wretched and beautiful species that is humanity. it shows both the cold hearted and warm blooded side of people, with gorgeous vocabulary sings the reasoning and logic and the illogic of choices people make when faced with desperation. these books show the physical and political (power?) decay that comes with blindness, with an inability to see your surroundings and thusly the ineptitude to properly enhance it, help it grow, make it better.